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2006.04.10

The Ultimate Act of Blasphemy

Western Resistance:

The forum heard that at least 14 countries consider apostasy a crime. Nina Shea, director of global rights group Freedom House's centre for religious freedom, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, said that of these countries, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen, Mauritania and Comoros make it punishable by death.

And more:

Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Qatar-based theologian, states: "All Muslim jurists agree that the apostate is to be punished. However, they differ regarding the punishment itself. The majority of them go for killing; meaning that an apostate is to be sentenced to death."

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